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supper

[ suhp-er ]

noun

  1. the evening meal, often the principal meal of the day.
  2. any light evening meal, especially one taken late in the evening:

    an after-the-theater supper.



adjective

  1. of or relating to supper:

    the supper dishes.

  2. for, during, or including supper:

    a supper party.

supper

/ ˈ²õʌ±èə /

noun

  1. an evening meal, esp a light one
  2. an evening social event featuring a supper
  3. sing for one's supper
    to obtain something by performing a service
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. rare.
    tr to give supper to
  2. rare.
    intr to eat supper
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ³Ü±è±è±ð°ù±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³Ü±èp±ð°ù·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of supper1

1225–75; Middle English sup ( p ) er < Old French souper, noun use of souper to sup 2
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of supper1

C13: from Old French soper; see sup 1
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Idioms and Phrases

see sing for one's supper .
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Example Sentences

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That is how seriously an American combat military unit took the security around the transmission of something as simple as plans to go pick up a hot meal for supper.

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And with that, he's off to have some supper.

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The kinds of gravy you deem best and most noteworthy depend on where you grew up and the meats favored in your family, particularly those for breakfast, supper and Sunday dinner.

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"Conversation over the supper table was always lively, our mother Mary very much held her own meanwhile David was ready with a reference book to look up something that was being disputed."

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A native of Jacqueville, a small coastal town where attiéké is made, she features it heavily in the menu of her New York supper clubs.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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